No More Swimming With Dolphins?
Federal officials proposed a new rule Tuesday that would prohibit approaching Hawaiian spinner dolphins within 50 yards in designated waters between Maui, Lanai and Kahoolawe where they are found...
View ArticleHepatitis In 2nd Flight Attendant
The Hawaii Department of Health has confirmed a new case of hepatitis A in a Hawaiian Airlines flight attendant as part of the outbreak on Oahu that has been traced to raw scallops served at Genki...
View ArticleStar-Advertiser Rescinds Buyout Offer For Newsroom Employees
Oahu Publications has pulled its buyout offer for union employees of the Honolulu Star-Advertiser, a move that likely means the newsroom’s planned downsizing will be achieved solely through involuntary...
View ArticleState Gets TRO Against Itself
A judge has granted the state pension system’s request for a temporary restraining order to stall the implementation of a new law that offers special retirement benefits to certain state hospital...
View ArticleSecond Lawsuit Over Hepatitis A
A second lawsuit in as many weeks has been filed against the restaurant chain Genki Sushi and two distributors of tainted scallops that have caused Hawaii’s hepatitis A outbreak. Oahu resident Bryan...
View ArticleState GOP Disavows Kaaihue, But What About Trump?
The day after the Aug. 13 primary elections, I posted this piece for Daily Kos regarding Angela Aulani Kaaihue’s shocking victory in the Republican primary election in Hawaii’s 2nd Congressional...
View ArticleHawaii Should Pay Attention To Feds’ Decision On Private Prisons
When a senior official at the U.S. Justice Department announced last week that the federal government would bring its use of private prison facilities to an end, she didn’t mince words in describing...
View ArticleIan Lind: Behind The Democrats’ Failed Push To Close The Primary
A three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has soundly rejected a legal challenge by the Democratic Party of Hawaii to the constitutionality of the state’s primary election system....
View ArticleBullying Of Asian-Americans, Pacific Islanders ‘On The Rise’
Students told to “go back to their country.” Others mocked for their facial features, physical stature, skin color, hair and style of dress. Peers — and even some teachers — mistreating some students...
View ArticleHirono: Trump ‘Bizarre’ On Immigration
Mazie Hirono, the only immigrant serving in the U.S. Senate, denounced Donald Trump’s positions on immigration Tuesday on MSNBC. Asked if the Republican presidential candidate’s views are “softening,”...
View ArticleLow ACT Scores For Hawaii Grads
The Hill has this report on ACT scores for high school graduates, and Hawaii doesn’t do well. “The lowest composite score was 17.7 by students in Nevada. Mississippi, South Carolina and Hawaii also...
View ArticleAnalysis: Airbnb’s Effect On Rents
A new analysis of booking and revenue data for Airbnb has found the short-term rental platform isn’t likely causing rents to increase much at this point, but the company’s rapid growth and incentive...
View ArticleHawaii Elections 2016: General Election Ballot
Hawaii voters can join the rest of the country in casting ballots in the general election Nov. 8. The polls will be open from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. but Hawaii also has a robust early voting process. In the...
View ArticleCCA Faces Shareholder Revolt
Shareholders of Nashville, Tennessee-based Corrections Corporation of America filed a federal class-action lawsuit Wednesday, accusing the company and its executives of making “materially false and...
View ArticleHawaii’s Use Of Striped Uniforms For Prisoners Is Downright Inhumane
“Does anyone know why we don’t want them to individualize their uniform?” This is the question asked by an assistant warden at a morning meeting of Corrections Corporation of America correctional...
View ArticleRange Anxiety? Today’s Electric Cars Usually Go Far Enough
Electrifying transportation is one of the most promising ways to significantly cut greenhouse gas emissions from vehicles, but so-called range anxiety – concern about being stranded with an uncharged...
View ArticlePeter Apo: Why Hawaii’s Old Gods Live On
In December 1819, three months before the missionaries arrived in Hawaii, a bloody battle was fought on Hawaii Island at the south end of what is now Kailua town at a place called Kuamo’o. The battle...
View ArticleWar Of Words Escalates As Monument Decision Nears
Supporters of the fourfold expansion of Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument have fired back against an advertisement claiming the proposal would result in people being unable to eat fresh local...
View ArticleJust 2 Lobbyists Have Donated $300k To Hawaii Candidates In The Past 10 Years
Two longtime lobbyists have donated $303,479 to candidates for state and local offices in the past 10 years, according to a Civil Beat analysis of Hawaii Campaign Spending Commission data. John...
View ArticleIge Backs Monument Expansion
Hawaii Gov. David Ige announced Thursday that he supports the proposed fourfold expansion of Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument. “There has been a tremendous debate locally on this issue, and I...
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